Help - I need Cheerleading for dummies.

I am starting a cheer squad at my school (I teach at a high school) as we are getting a football team this year.
We have no idea what we are doing
We aren't doing competitive or anything like that yet - we just want to take it easy and do some fun cheering for the team.
So - what the heck do we do?
Besides a half time dance thing - when do we do the 'cheers'?
Thanks

I was a H.S cheerleader and will be coaching my DD's peewee football chee squad this year.

Set a practice time for at least once/week.
Do cheer anytime your team has the ball or if they don't, do defense chants.
We pretty much cheered all throughout the entire game and did halftime dance usually.

I was a college cheerleader for football. We did lots of stunts as well as cheers. I'm sure that there are forums (there's a forum for everything, it seems!) and networking you can do for support/ideas. You'll have fun!

Can I post a link here? Maybe Ms. Pineapple's Cheer Page will help you! http://www.mspineapple.com/
Good luck, you will have a lot of fun! I love cheerleading! I've been doing it for...3/4 years..I think.. I took a break, though.

I was a H.S cheerleader and will be coaching my DD's peewee football chee squad this year.

Set a practice time for at least once/week.
Do cheer anytime your team has the ball or if they don't, do defense chants.
We pretty much cheered all throughout the entire game and did halftime dance usually.

I agree with Swanky about when to cheer. I cheered in high school and remember doing most of the cheers when we had the ball, and when we played defense, most of it was "D for Defense" or the band kicked in and started with our school chant.

We practiced three times a week after school, for about an hour. Did stunts, went over cheers, practiced halftime dances, etc.

Eventually I quit the squad because things started to get very competitive and catty between the girls, but I remember it used to be so much fun. We went to camp in Tampa over the summers, got to wear the cute uniforms to school on game day, painted banners for the players to run through for home games.

Whatever you do, make it fun for everyone! It's a great way to show support for your team and cheer them on, and have a blast while doing it